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Description: | A cast copper-alloy miniature haft-flanged axe of Bronze Age date. It is rectangular in form and section with a small, flaring blade end that is crescentic in form, triangular in profile and missing parts of the cutting edge due to old breaks and post-depositional damage. At the haft end the axe has flanges that are flat, pointed-oval shaped in profile and taper towards the curved butt end. The flanges curve slightly inwards, particularly towards the blade end. The entire object has a dark brown patina with areas of active copper-alloy corrosive products and encrustation, particularly on one face. It measures 103.96mm in length, 29.57mm in width at blade end, 20.99mm in width at haft end, 8.19mm in thickness (19.55mm at flanges) and weighs 112.89g.This is a complete miniature haft-flanged axe of Bronze Age date. It is likely to date to the transitional period between the end of the Early Bronze Age and the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, perhaps c.1500 BC.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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